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The Ninth cavalry was mustered in at Leavenworth on March 24, 1862, with Edward Lynde as colonel, Charles S. Clarke as lieutenant-colonel, and James M. Pomeroy as major. This regiment was formed by the consolidation of several independent battalions. Soon after being mus- tered in Companies A, B, C, G and I were detached and in a little while were scattered over the plains from the Missouri river to the Rocky mountains. Companies D, E, F and H, under Maj. Bancroft, were sta- tioned at Locust Grove in the Cherokee country. In Aug., 1862, Col. Lynde, with a part of the regiment participated in the pursuit of Col. Coffey. In the fall (except the companies on the plains) the regiment was ordered to Sarcoxie, Mo., and was in the fight at Newtonia. Two com- panies took part in the battles of Cane Hill and Prairie Grove, after which the regiment was ordered back to the border. In time the most of the companies came back from the West, and in March, 1864, Gen. Schofield ordered all Kansas troops back to their own state. Shortly afterward the regiment was consolidated and ordered to join Gen. Banks for the Red River expedition, but the order was changed and it was sent to Arkansas, where it remained until the end of the war. It was mus- tered out at Devall's Bluff, Ark., part on Jan. 16 and the remainder on July 17, 1865. The casualties of the Ninth amounted to 43 killed, 13 wounded, and 201 who died of disease. During the time the regiment was in service 158 men were discharged on account of disability.
As previously stated, the Tenth infantry was formed by the consoli- dation of the Third and Fourth regiments, the formation of which was commenced in the fall of 1861. James Montgomery of border war fame was colonel of the Third and William Weer of the Fourth. When the two were united to form the Tenth on April 3, 1862, Willam F. Cloud was made colonel; James G. Blunt, lieutenant-colonel; and Otis B. Gunn, major. In the following August it took part in the pursuit of Coffey and Cockrell; was at Newtonia; in the military movements about Pea Ridge and Bentonville, Ark .; took part in the battles of old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill and Prairie Grove, where Col. Weer commanded the brigade, after which it moved to Van Buren, Ark. In the summer of 1863 it was sent to Indiana to intercept the Confederate Gen. Morgan, Company I remaining on provost duty at St. Louis. From Indianapolis it returned to Kansas City, where Company I rejoined the command. The regiment remained in Kansas until in September, when it was ordered to the Sni Hills in Missouri to aid in breaking up the guerrilla gangs that infested that region. On Aug. 14, 1864, the reënlisted men were formed into a veteran battalion at St. Louis and the remainder of the regiment was ordered to Leavenworth, where it was mustered out on the 24th. The veteran battalion was then ordered to Nashville, Tenn., where it joined the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas. It was engaged at Columbia and Franklin, and after the battle of Nash- ville in December participated in the pursuit of Hood's shattered army. The Tenth was on duty in Mississippi and Alabama until the end of the war, taking part in the siege of Mobile and the storming of Fort Blakely.
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The battalion was mustered out at Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 30, 1865, the men returned to Kansas, where they paid and discharged on Sept. 20. Considering the arduous service in which it was engaged, the losses of the Tenth were comparatively light, having 15 men killed and 10. who died of wounds, though 122 died of disease and 84 were discharged for disability.
The Eleventh Kansas was a cavalry regiment which was organized under the call of July 2, 1862, when the war department authorized James H. Lane to recruit a regiment. Lane transferred the authority to Thomas Ewing, Jr., chief justice of the Kansas supreme court, and the regiment was mustered in at Fort Leavenworth on Sept. 15, 1862, with Thomas Ewing, Jr., as colonel ; Thomas Moonlight as lieutenant-colonel, and Preston B. Plumb as major. It remained in camp until after the second battle of Newtonia, when it was ordered to join the Army of the Frontier, then commanded by Gen. Blunt, in pursuit of the enemy. Arms had not yet been received, but at Fort Leavenworth were a num- ber of old-fashioned Prussian muskets of large caliber and heavier than the Enfield rifles, and these were issued to the men. Leaving Leaven- worth on Oct. 4, the Eleventh moved to Pea Ridge, Ark., where it was assigned to Cloud's brigade of Blunt's division. After a double-quick march of 6 miles, it arrived at old Fort Wayne just at the close of the fight, but it was subsequently engaged at the Boston mountains, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove and a number of minor skirmishes in Arkansas. In April, 1863, it was ordered back to Kansas City and the following year, under command of Col. Moonlight, it took part in the Price raid. It was then ordered to Fort Kearney and later to Fort Laramie to join the expedition against the Sioux Indians in the Powder river country: It was then employed in guarding the overland stage line until mustered out on Aug. 19 and Sept 26, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth. The casualties of the regiment were 56 killed, 9 died of wounds, 103 died of disease, 107 were discharged for disability, and 2 were reported missing. In some of the reports this regiment is mentioned as an infantry organization, due probably to the fact that it was originally intended as such, but was con- verted into a cavalry regiment.
The Twelfth infantry was organized under authority issued to C. W. Adams of Lawrence in Aug., 1862. Within six weeks the regiment was complete. It was mustered in at Paola on Sept. 30, 1862, and was officered as follows: Col. Charles W. Adams; Lieut .- Col. Josiah E. Hayes; Maj., Thomas H. Kennedy. The regiment was immediately divided into detachments and stationed at various points along the state line, engaged in scouting after bushwhackers. It was at' Baxter Springs on Oct. 8, 1863, and after that engagement Company H was assigned to duty on the plains until the following February, when the regiment was ordered to Fort Smith, Ark., where it was assigned to Thayer's division to take part in Gen. Steele's movement on Little Rock. The Twelfth remained in Arkansas until mustered out at Little Rock on June 30, 1865. The losses of this regiment were 13 killed, I died of (II-56)
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wounds, 113 of disease, 82 were discharged on account of disability, and I was reported mising.
The Thirteenth infantry was mustered in at Atchison on Sept. 30, 1862, with Thomas M. Bowen as colonel; John B. Wheeler, lieu- tenant-colonel; and Caleb A. Woodworth, major. Early in October it joined the forces under Gen. Blunt. It fought at old Fort Wayne, Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Van Buren, and in a number of skirmishes in Arkansas, and in Jan., 1863, moved to Springfield, Mo. In May it was ordered to Fort Scott, Kan., where it remained until August, when it again took the field against Cabell, Cooper and Stand Waitie in the Indian Territory. On March 3, 1865, it was ordered to Little Rock, Ark., where it remained on provost and garrison duty until mustered out on June 26, 1865, when the men returned to Kansas, where they were paid and discharged. This regiment lost 15 killed, 8 died of wounds, 105 of disease, and 156 were discharged for disability.
The Fourteenth cavalry was mustered in at Fort Scott on Nov. 20, 1863. Charles W. Blair was commissioned colonel; John G. Brown, lieutenant-colonel; and Daniel H. David, major. The order which led to the formation of this regiment came from the war department to Gen. Blunt in the spring of 1863, and was for a battalion, which was recruited to a full regiment. The same day it was mustered in orders were received to move at once to Fort Smith, Ark., where it was assigned to Thayer's division of Gen. Steele's expedition to Little Rock and Camden, Ark. After that movement it was assigned to duty at Clarksville, Pine Bluff, and other Arkansas points until May, 1865, when it moved to Fort Gibson and was there mustered out on June 25, 1865. The Fourteenth lost 49 killed, 2 died of wounds, 108 of diseases, 49 were discharged for disability, and 8 were reported missing.
Almost immediately after the Quantrill raid on Lawrence in Aug., 1863, Gov. Carney began the work of organizing a cavalry force for the protection of the border. The result was the Fifteenth cavalry, which was mustered into the U. S. service on Oct. 17, 1863, with Charles R. Jennison as colonel; George H. Hoyt, lieutenant-colonel ; and Robert H. Hunt, major. Jennison was afterward succeeded by W. F. Cloud; Hoyt by H. C. Haas; and Hunt by B. F. Simpson. The regiment operated along the line between Kansas and Missouri, imperfectly armed, until in Feb., 1864, when it received new arms and took part in the Price raid the succeeding autumn. It was in the action at Westport and the battles of the Big and Little Blue. The losses of the regiment were 12 killed, 9 died of wounds, 79 of disease, and 144 were discharged for disability.
On Oct. 8, 1864, the Sixteenth cavalry was mustered in at Fort Leav- enworth, just in time to aid in repelling the invasion of Gen. Price. Werter R. Davis was commissioned colonel; Samuel Walker, lieuten- ant-colonel ; and James A. Price, major. After the Price raid a part of the regiment was sent against the Indians on the plains, the remainder being used to patrol the border. The Sixteenth was mustered out at
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Fort Leavenworth on Dec. 6, 1865, having lost 10 killed, 4 who died of wounds, 94 who died of disease, 50 were discharged on account of dis- ability, and 2 were among the missing.
The Seventeenth infantry was organized for the 100 days' service and was mustered in at Fort Leavenworth on July 8, 1864, under com- mand of Lieut .- Col. Samuel A. Drake. The records in the adjutant- general's office do not show the nature of the service it performed, its casualties, nor the date of its muster out.
The first colored infantry was mustered in on May 2, 1863, at Fort Scott. The officers were as follows: Colonel, James M. Williams; lieutenant-colonel, John Bowles; major, Richard G. Ward. It served most of the time in Arkansas, forming part of Gen. Steele's expedition, and was mustered out at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 1, 1865. Of all the Kan- sas regiments this one suffered the heaviest losses, having 160 men killed, 10 died of wounds, 166 of disease, and 67 were discharged on account of disability.
On Nov. 1, 1863, the Second colored infantry was mustered in at Fort Scott and was officered by Samuel J. Crawford as colonel; Horatio Knowles, lieutenant-colonel; and James H. Gilpatrick, major. Like the First, most of its services was in Arkansas. It was mustered out at Camden, Ark., Oct. 9, 1865. The casualties of this regiment amounted to 23 killed, 16 died of wounds, I reported missing, 29 discharged for disability, and 187 who died of disease.
The First battery was mustered in at Mound City on July 24, 1861, with Thomas Bickerton as captain; Norman Allen, first lieutenant ; and Hartson R. Brown, second lieutenant. It took part in the battle of Prairie Grove; operated around St. Louis; was engaged in the pursuit of Gen. Morgan on his raid through Indiana in the summer of 1863; and then served in the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Mis- sissippi until the close of the war. It lost 3 men killed, 2 who died of wounds, 21 of disease, and 20 were discharged for disability. The bat- tery was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth on July 17, 1865.
The Second battery was mustered in at Fort Scott on Sept. 10, 1862, and was mustered out at Leavenworth on Aug. II, 1865. When it entered the U. S. service it was officered as follows : Edward A. Smith, captain; David C. Knowles, first lieutenant; Andrew G. Clark and Aristarchus Wilson, second lieutenants. It participated in the com- paigns in Arkansas and Missouri, sometimes as an entire battery and sometimes divided into sections. In May, 1863, it was reorganized at Fort Scott by order of Gen. Blunt, after which one section was sta- tioned at Baxter Springs, Kan., and another section was left at Fort Scott. The third section then took part in the military operations in the Cherokee nation, being particularly effective in the engagement at Honey Springs. In April, 1865, the Third battery was added to the Second, and the consolidated battery was mustered out as above stated. The losses of the Second were 5 killed, 15 died of disease, and 6 were discharged for disability.
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The Third battery was originally recruited as a cavalry company by Henry Hopkins and John F. Aduddell, and was mustered into the U. S. service as Company B, Second Kansas cavalry. After the capture of the Confederate guns at old Fort Wayne in Oct., 1862, the company was detached from the regiment and mustered in as a battery to man the captured guns. Henry Hopkins was captain; John F. Aduddell, first lieutenant; and Oscar F. Dunlap, second lieutenant. It was engaged in the battles of Boston mountains, Cane Hill and Prairie Grove. The original members were mustered out on Jan. 19, 1865, and the veterans were assigned to the Second Kansas battery. The Third lost 5 killed, I missing, 17 died of disease, and 7 discharged for disability.
The independent colored battery was mustered in at Fort Leaven- worth on Jan. 1, 1865, and was mustered out at the same place on the 22nd of the following July. It saw no active service in the field. There were also three Indian regiments accredited to Kansas. (See Indian Brigade.) During the early years of the war guerrilla raids into Kansas were frequent (see Guerrillas and Quantrill's Raid), but the event which caused the greatest excitement in the state was the
PRICE RAID OF 1864.
In Sept., 1864, Confederate Gen. Sterling Price, with an army of from 5,000 to 10,000 men, started from Arkansas to march through Missouri and into Kansas. In Missouri he formed a junction with the com- mands of Gens. Marmaduke and Shelby, and there were other addi- tions to his force until it numbered 15,000 men or more. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans was in command of the Union troops at St. Louis, and Gen. Ewing was in command of the southeast district of Missouri. The latter engaged Marmaduke at Pilot Knob on Sept. 26. His command numbered about 1,000 men, with 13 pieces of artillery, and Marma- duke's strength was at least three times as great. During the night Ewing managed to extricate himself from a perilous position and fell back to Harrison, where he was surrounded the next day and retreated. to Rolla.
It began to look as if Price would sweep everything before him. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, commanding the Department of Kansas, which included the states of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, had less than 5,000 men, and they were scattered over the entire district guarding frontier settlements and the overland mail routes. When news of the threatened invasion reached Kansas, Curtis was in Nebraska, Gen. Blunt was west of Fort Larned, and Gen. Sykes was in command of the district of southern Kansas with headquarters at Lawrence. Curtis hurried to Fort Leavenworth, recalled Blunt from the west, and began preparations for the defense of the Kansas border. On Sept. 24 he noti- fied Gov. Carney of Price's advance and requested him to call out the militia. A telegraph from Gen. Rosecrans on Oct. 2 advised Curtis that
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Price's army was at Washington, Mo., 70 miles 'west of St. Louis, and rapidly moving westward. On the 8th the governor issued his procla- mation calling out the militia, and the next day Curtis issued an order calling all troops in the department to the border in order to resist Price's advance. Gen. Blunt arrived that day at Olathe and relieved Gen. Sykes. By the 11th, pursuant to orders issued by Gen. George W. Deitzler, commanding the militia, some 12,600 of the state troops were assembled at Atchison, Olathe, Paola, Mound City, Fort Scott and Wyandotte, more than one-half of them being mobilized at Olathe.
In the meantime Gen. Alfred Pleasonton had taken command at Jefferson City on the 8th and had sent Gen. John B. Sanborn with 4,100 mounted men to follow Price. On the 14th Blunt moved to Hickman's Mills, Mo., with three brigades commanded by Cols. Jennison, Moon- light and Blair. Price was now between two armies. In the rear were Rosecrans and Pleasonton in close pursuit, while in front were Curtis' army and the Kansas militia waiting to give him a warm reception. Gen. Blunt moved to Lexington, where he engaged Price's advance guard on the 19th and fell back to Independence, Moonlight's brigade being forced back to the Little Blue river. Here Blunt's whole force was engaged on the 20th against ten times its number and fell back in good order to the Big Blue, where another engagement was fought on the 22nd, resulting in a decisive Union victory. Pleasonton and Sanborn joined Blunt that night and occupied Independence. Price's army resting near Westport.
The citizens of Kansas had responded nobly to Gov. Carney's call, and on Oct. 23 some 20,000 of them were under arms. That day was fought the battle of Westport, which ended in a complete defeat of the Confederates. On the 24th Price crossed the state line into Kansas and that night encamped near Trading Post, Linn county, on the Marais des Cygnes, where his men committed a number of outrages, murdering old and unarmed men, robbing women and children of their food, and wantonly destroying property. Early on the morning of the 25th the enemy was driven from his camp at Trading Post and across the ford. leaving behind the sick and wounded.
' Price, Fagan and Marmaduke, with some 15,000 men, formed a line of battle on the north bank of Mine creek soon after evacuating Trad- ing Post, and Curtis was reinforced by Cols. Crawford and Blair. In the engagement that followed the Confederates were again ingloriously defeated, Gens. Marmaduke, Cabell, Graham and Slemmon, with about 800 men and 9 pieces of artillery, being captured. (See Mine Creek.)
This practically ended the raid. Price was vigorously pursued and another victory was won at the crossing of the Osage river on the 25th. Three days later occurred the battle of Newtonia, after which Price retreated precipitately beyond the Arkansas river. Gov. Carney issued orders on the 27tl for the militia to return to their homes, but the volunteer troops followed Price to the Arkansas river, where the pursuit ended. Claims aggregating several hundred thousand dollars
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were filed for services rendered and losses sustained during the Price raid, and some of these claims were still unsettled in 1911. (See Claims.)
Ward, an inland hamlet in Wilson county, is located near the east line of the county in Pleasant Valley township, about 18 miles north- east of Fredonia, the county seat, and 3 or 4 miles south of Vilas, whence it receives daily mail.
Ward, John, D. D., bishop of Leavenworth, was born in West View, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, May 23, 1857, a son of Joseph and Ellen (McGrath) Ward, both natives of County Westmeath, Ireland, who came to America in the '50s. He was educated in the common and parochial schools of West View, Mount Saint Mary's Seminary at Cin- cinnati, Ohio, the College of Assumption, Sandwich, Ontario, Canada; was prepared for the priesthood in Saint Meinrad Seminary, Spencer county, Ind .; and was ordained in July, 1884. In November of that year he was appointed to St. Joseph's parish in Marshall county, Kan .; in Aug., 1888, became rector of St. Patrick's church at Parsons; was made pastor of St. Thomas' church at Armourdale in 1895; rector of the Cathedral of Leavenworth in 1898, and irremovable rector of St. Mary's church at Kansas City, Kan., in 1909. In 1910 he was elected to succeed Bishop Lillis as bishop of Leavenworth, the election being approved by Pope Pius X.
Ware, Eugene Fitch (Ironquill), lawyer and poet, was born at Hart- ford, Conn., May 29, 1841, a son of Hiram B. and Amanda Melvina (Holbrook) Ware. His parents moved to Burlington, Iowa, in his childhood and he was educated in the public schools of that place. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, First Iowa infantry ; reënlisted in Com- pany L, Fourth Iowa cavalry, was mustered out as captain of Company F, Seventh Iowa, in June, 1866, having during the latter part of his service been aide-de-camp successively to Gens. Robert B. Mitchell, C. J. Stolbrand, Washington R. Ellett and Grenville M. Dodge. He took a section of land in Cherokee county, Kan., in 1867, studied law and was admitted to the bar at Fort Scott and to the United States supreme court; entered the law firm of McComas & McKeighian at Fort Scott; in 1874 married Miss Jeanette P. Huntington of Rochester, N. Y., and was for many years editor of the Fort Scott Monitor. His political career consisted of two terms in the Kansas legislature, 1879 to 1883, and three years as United States pension commissioner-1902 to 1905. He was prominent in the Republican party ; was a delegate to two of its national conventions; was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Bar Association, the Loyal Legion and the Society of the Mayflower Descendants. His home for some years was at Topeka, from which place he moved to Kansas City, Kan., about 1909 where he practiced law in partnership with his son until the spring of 1911 when both retired to the Ware farm in Cherokee county. Mr. Ware died on July 1, 1911, at Cascade, Col. He was the author of "The Rise and Fall of the Saloon," 1900; "The Lyon Campaign and History
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of the First Iowa Infantry," 1907; "The Indian Campaign of 1864," 1908; "Rhymes of Ironquill" (13th edition), 1908; "Ithuriel," 1909; "From Court to Court" (4th edition), 1909; was the translator of Castaneda's account of Coronado's March, from the French of Ternaux Compans, 1895; Roman Water Law from the Latin of Justinian, 1905; and was a contributor to a number of legal and literary publications.
Warren, a country hamlet in Sherman county, is located 17 miles north of Goodland, the county seat, shipping point and postoffice from which it receives mail.
Warrendale, a country postoffice in Grant county, is located 15 miles northeast of New Ulysses, the county seat, and about 22 miles south- east of Hartland, Kearny county, the nearest shipping point.
Warwick, a village of Republic county, is located in the extreme northwestern corner on the Missouri Pacific R. R., 20 miles northwest of Belleville, the county seat. The 1910 census gave it 110 inhabitants. It has a postoffice, telegraph and express offices, and is a trading center for the neighborhood.
Washburn College .- In 1857 the general association of Congrega- tional ministers and churches of Kansas made plans for founding a Christian college in Kansas. At the organization of the association .in Topeka on April 26, a committee of five was appointed to investigate locations and secure one "if it seemed expedient." In 1858 the com- mittee advertised for bids for a location, but no decision was made until the meeting of the association at Manhattan in October. Several proposals had been made to the committee but the one recommended was that from Topeka, which promised "160 acres of land within a mile and a half of Topeka town site; 840 acres in the territory as an endowment; and a building equal to 40 by 50 feet and two stories high, of stone or brick, to be completed on or before Jan. 1, 1860."
This proposition was adopted by the association and a board of 14 trustees appointed, viz : Rev. Elihu Whitenhall, Rev. G. C. Morse, Rev. Lewis Bodwell, T. D. Thacher, Rev. Richard Cordley, Samuel C. Pomeroy, James Taylor, Rev. C. E. Blood, H. D. Rice, Henry M. Simp- son, Rev. D. R. Parker, George I. Hillyer, Maj. Harrison Hannahs and M. C. Welch. At the next meeting of the association in May, 1859. at Lawrence,' a committee was appointed to determine whether the city of Topeka had fulfilled the conditions of agreement in regard to the location of the college. The contract had not been fulfilled and the question of location again arose with Topeka, Lawrence, Burlingame and Wabaunsee as competitors. The proposition of Lawrence, which was accepted, promised "Mount Oread as a site for the college ; 20 acres of land adjoining the town site; one-half the proceeds of 300 acres adjoining the college grounds; 1,220 acres located in different parts of the territory; 151 lots in Lawrence, Burlington, Delaware and other towns; the Amos Lawrence fund of $10,000, and a building to be com- menced within six months and completed in eighteen months, at a cost of $25,000." The school was given the name of "Monumental Col- lege" commemorating the triumph of liberty over slavery in Kansas.
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The drought of 1860 and the breaking out of the Civil war caused the collapse of this enterprise. In 1860 the institution was moved back to Topeka on a proposition practically the same as that first given by the citizens of that city. In 1861 at the meeting of the association in Leavenworth the subject was further discussed. At Burlingame in May, 1863, resolutions were passed appointing trustees to start the academy at Topeka as soon as they deemed it wise, and in Feb., 1865, the insti- tution was incorporated under the name and style, "Trustees of Lincoln College."
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